tenter: Meaning and Definition of
ten•ter
Pronunciation: (ten'tur), [key] — n.
- a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- a tenterhook.
—v.t. - to stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters.
—v.i. - to be capable of being tentered.
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